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Synthesis Superintelligence

Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast

Synthesis Superintelligence: from Semiconductors to Superconductors — Periodic Labs’ Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk

Published
October 8, 2026
Duration
1h 24m
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Last updated
Oct 11, 2026

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Summary

It’s hard to believe that Periodic was only launched last September:One year later, it is considered one of the pre-eminent AI scientist labs, with dizzying talent density and astonishing progress in the autonomous lab buildout:Most people are familiar with the standard credentials of Liam and Dogus, but we found an incredible “talent slope” while learnin…

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It’s hard to believe that Periodic was only launched last September:One year later, it is considered one of the pre-eminent AI scientist labs, with dizzying talent density and astonishing progress in the autonomous lab buildout:Most people are familiar with the standard credentials of Liam and Dogus, but we found an incredible “talent slope” while learning more about Periodic, where each successive employee seems more impressive than the last:From building AI systems that reason over noisy physi

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  • ai
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